Mona Nemer
Mona Nemer | |
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Nemer at UBC in 2008 | |
| Born | 1957 (age 67–68) |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Title | Chief Science Advisor of Canada (2017 – present) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | McGill University (PhD) Wichita State University(BSc) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Ottawa Université de Montréal |
| Website | https://www.uottawa.ca/about/governance/senior-administration/mona-nemer |
Mona Nemer, CM CQ FRSC (born 1957) is a Lebanese-Canadian scientist specializing in molecular genetics and cardiac regeneration. She was formerly a professor of pharmacology at the University of Montreal and the Director of the Cardiac Development Research Unit at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM) where she held a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Cell Differentiation. She is a professor of biochemistry at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Medicine, and also served as Vice-President, Research at the University of Ottawa from 2006 to 2017.
On September 26, 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that after a selection process, Nemer was chosen as Canada's new Chief Science Advisor – the first national science advisor since 2008.